Receptacle for matches, tickets, or the like.



PATBNTED MAY 26, 1903.

S. M. SHATTUG. .REGBPTACLE FOR MATCHES, TICKETS, 0R THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 28. 1902.

No MODEL.

omo c No. 729,429. e

. UNITED STATES Patented May 26, 1903.

SMITH M. SHATTUC, OF; DENVER, COLORADO. Y

RECEPTACLE FOR MATCHES, TICKETS, CR THE LIKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 729,429, dated May 2e,1903.

Appleman tied July 2s. 1902.

To all whom, t muy concern:

Be it known that LSMITH M. SHATTUC,a citizen of the United States,residing at Denver, in the county of Arapahoe and State of Colorado,have invented a new and useful Receptacle for Matches, Tickets, or theLike, of which the following is aspecitication.

This invention is an improvement in receptacles employed for holdingmatches, tickets, cigarette -.,papers, postage-stamps, and the like,andV has for its object the production of a receptacle formed of paperfolded into shape and comprising a pocket in one end for tickets,cigarette-papers, and the like, accessible through the end ofV thereceptacle, and a second pocket accessible from the interior. of thedevice and adapted to support matches and similar articles.

The invention consists in certain novel features of the construction,ashereinafter shown and described, and specied in the claim.

Inthe drawings lillustrative of the invention, Figure lis a perspectiveview of the blankn from which the device is formed partially folded.Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the receptacle partially folded. Fig. 3is a vertical section, enlarged, of the device entirely folded.

The device will be formed of a single sheet of paper, preferably of atough tenacious qualityand formed of two main portionsa rear portion 10and a front portion ll-folded together longitudinally along the line 12.The front portion 11 will preferably be provided with a recess 13 in itsupper end and with an aperture 14 intermediately of its lower half andaflap 15 extending from its lower end and foldable into engagement withthe interior side of the portion 11, the flap 15 thus being foldablebetween the two parts 10 1l when folded together, as will be obvious.The portion 10 will be provided with a comparatively narrow flap 16,extending from its outer edge and adapted to b e folded over the outeredge of the portion 11 when the latter'is folded over in position uponthe portion l10, as indicated in Fig. 2. The flap 16 will be pasted uponthe portion 1l to form the body of the device into a flat tubularstructure. The portion 10 is provided with a flap 17, extending from itslower end, with one side cut oft at an angle, as shown in Fig. 1, andfoldable over serial No. 117.359. (No model.)

the outer lower surface of theportion 1l and also over the folded iiap16 and provided with extension-flaps 18,adapted to be folded around theadjacent edge of the portion 10. The iap 17, with its extension 18, willpreferably be pasted into engagement with the portions of the devicewith which it comes in Contact.

The device thus constructed will be again foldable transverselycentrally, as indicated `at 19, so that the point of juncture betweenthe iiap 17 and the lowei` end of the portion 10 will closely engage theupper edge of the portions 10 and 11 and cover the recess 13, asindicated in Fig. 3. When thus constructed, the space between the upperportions of the members 10 and 11 forms a pocket for the tickets,cigarette-papers, and the like, as indicated at 20 in Figs. 2 and Thetickets and other contents of the upper receptacle will be readilyaccessible through the recess `13, as will be obvious.

When the structu re is folded together along the line 19, it will beobvious that the receptacle for the tickets will be closed at its lowerend to prevent the tickets froml dropping or .working out at the bottom.Another receptacle is likewise formed -in the other portion of thetubular structure, accessible through the aperture 14, which secondreceptacle is suitable for the reception of matches and similararticles, as indicated at 2l. It will be noted in this connection thatthe iiap 15 forms a closure to the bottom of the receptacle for thematches, the butt-ends of the matches being held between the flap andthe front portion 11, and the front portion 11 opposite the lower end ofthe receptacle for the matches is further covered by the flap 17, sothat two thicknesses of the paper will at all times be present betweenthe butt-ends of the matches and the outer air on both sides of thereceptacle, the portion 10 and the iiap'15 forming the two thicknesseson one side and the two flaps 15 and 17 forming the two thicknesses onthe opposite side. 1 The headsA of the ma'tchesl are similarlyprotected, as the two thicknesses of the material formed by the portions10 11 will at all times be between the matches and the outer air on eachside when the device is folded, as will be obvious.

In addition to the two thicknesses of the material between the matchesand the rear IOO side of the device the tickets or other artil differentparts, as they may be varied in procles will also be between the headsof the matches and the outside of the device at the front. By thissimple means matches and other articles in the lower receptacle areamply protected from abrasion or the action of the atmosphere. Thisarrangement of parts whereby the contents of the receptacle are thusprotected is an important feature of the invention and adds materiallyto the efficiency of the device, as it prevents injury to the contentsand obviates any danger of matches being abraded with suicient force toignite them.

The device may be made of any size or of any suitable material and maybe ornamented in any desired manner.

The outer surfaces of the device may be employed for advertisingpurposes or printed in fanciful colors and designs.

A section of abrasive material, such as sandpaper, may be attached tothe flap 17 upon which to ignite the matches.

The flap l5 may be made of any desired width; but for the purpose ofillustration it is shown relatively wide in order to afford ampleprotection for the butt-ends of the matches; but I-do not wish to belimited in any sense to any specific size or shape of the portions andrelative sizes without departing from the principle of the invention orsacriiicing any of its advantages.

v Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- A receptacleformed from a single blank folded longitudinally upon itself, having aninteriorly-upturned flap at one end on one side of the longitudinal lineof folding, a longitudinal ap folded over and secured to the meetinglongitudinal edges,and an exteriorlyupturned flap at the same end on theopposite side of the longitudinal line of folding, saidexteriorly-upturned flap having a longitudinal extension folded aroundand secured to the outer side of the blank, forming a flat tube open atone end and closed at the other, the said flat tube transverselyfoldable centrally and having a transverse aperture in its inner sidenear the closed end.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I vhave hereto aiixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

SMITH M. SHATTUC.

y Witnesses:

E. E. ODIOME, J. E. BOOTH.

